DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/31 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 54.2 - - 57.5 - - 58.7 - - 54.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 10 - - -1 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 155 - - 998 - - 589 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 920 - - 920 - - 920 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1044 - - 1887 - - 1478 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 587 - - 617 - - 681 - - 1020 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 38 - - 105 - - 58 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 12 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 143 - - 170 - - 112 - - 044 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1919 - - -284 - - -856 - - -912 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2963 - - 2171 - - 2334 - - 1848 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8352 - - -5171 - - -5118 - - -6108 ODpotential blCL - - - 9396 - - 7058 - - 6596 - - 7044 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 97 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - 110 - - 0 - - 50 - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 54.2 - - 57.5 - - 58.7 - - 54.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 45.0 - - 51.6 - - 52.1 - - 49.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 54.4 - - 57.6 - - 59.0 - - 56.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 44.3 - - 50.7 - - 51.1 - - 49.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 10 - - -1 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 155 - - 998 - - 589 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 100 - - 87 - - 52 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 8 - - 8 - - 8 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95955 59 255 75 253 75 263 79 270 95955 89089 44 278 49 255 49 264 48 269 89089 83745 36 281 35 262 38 271 34 272 83745 79260 33 282 33 281 32 275 32 279 79260 75382 36 276 37 287 28 285 32 282 75382 71939 33 265 41 285 29 292 33 288 71939 68785 30 268 38 282 33 282 36 285 68785 65854 30 275 33 281 31 278 34 277 65854 63113 30 282 30 280 29 282 31 278 63113 60440 34 281 31 270 33 280 32 276 60440 57652 39 277 27 272 32 273 33 276 57652 54779 43 276 30 270 35 270 40 277 54779 52057 50 270 39 267 40 265 42 273 52057 49612 51 265 45 263 42 268 39 269 49612 47424 46 266 43 260 42 264 32 266 47424 45455 48 273 45 264 41 256 31 253 45455 43682 66 271 61 257 48 251 33 256 43682 42065 78 259 63 249 60 225 40 246 42065 40557 75 259 62 250 52 227 39 243 40557 39135 70 264 61 250 48 237 36 240 39135 37787 67 263 57 248 46 243 33 244 37787 36476 59 264 52 245 44 248 30 246 36476 35134 54 266 47 243 43 250 29 242 35134 33735 52 269 44 245 44 249 26 236 33735 32281 51 269 40 254 38 247 23 227 32281 30757 46 271 37 255 28 248 20 223 30757 29151 40 273 35 260 25 256 17 226 29151 27464 37 267 24 281 17 261 14 229 27464 25696 30 257 22 278 12 261 13 232 25696 23850 18 261 19 274 11 258 13 225 23850 21933 16 281 16 287 8 283 10 191 21933 19940 18 270 17 291 8 323 7 119 19940 17868 19 273 16 277 4 329 6 091 17868 15762 15 277 13 257 7 228 10 167 15762 13741 8 279 14 239 19 221 17 200 13741 11906 8 296 15 241 27 224 20 215 11906 10273 7 277 17 244 26 230 19 209 10273 8821 10 257 17 238 18 239 12 232 8821 7529 11 255 15 240 14 232 10 239 7529 6380 10 255 12 251 10 230 7 256 6380 5363 9 256 10 249 8 252 5 213 5363 4468 10 206 8 217 8 268 7 157 4468 3680 14 174 12 200 5 252 8 147 3680 2979 17 167 19 188 3 231 9 160 2979 2363 21 168 20*178 7 156 9 150 2363 1853 22 162 15*171 9*137 8 130 1853 1462 19 152 13 170 7*117 7 121 1462 1193 14*144 11 170 7 113 5 098 1193 1030 12*143 10 170 6 109 5 065 1030 936 8 143 8 170 5 108 4*044 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography